Maryland State Senator J.B. Jennings (R) has introduced Senate Bill 1058, The Reasonable School Discipline Act of 2013, which is aimed at ending the incredibly stupid "zero tolerance" policies that result in kids being suspended or expelled for pointing a stick at another kid and saying "bang!" Here's the preamble:

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a principal from suspending or expelling a student who brings to school or possesses on school property a picture of a gun, a computer image of a gun, a facsimile of a gun, or any other object that resembles a gun but serves another purpose; prohibiting a principal from suspending or expelling a student who makes a hand shape or gesture resembling a gun…

Zero-tolerance is the same thing as zero-intelligence. You don't need human beings to enforce zero-tolerance systems -- if you want to run schools on the basis of "zero-tolerance," you could fire all the teachers and replace them with Commodore PET personal computers running very short BASIC programs.

Brick Kiln Road in Crisfield in Maryland is one of those quiet places
that you can drive by a thousand times without noticing. The short
stretch of road is home to a small fishing boat harbor, a public beach
and not much else of consequence - but, like most small quiet places
in the world, if you take the time to get to know the place there are
wonders to be found.

Four Seasons on Brick Kiln Road is my humble attempt to capture the
beauty of this small corner of the Chesapeake Bay. The final draft is
being made freely available in the hopes of introducing people to the
natural beauty of one small corner of the Chesapeake Bay.